Avarice and Mercy in the 'Pardoner's Tale'

Author / Editor
Gerke, Robert S.

Title
Avarice and Mercy in the 'Pardoner's Tale'

Published
Bulletin of the West Virginia Association of College English Teachers 14 (1992): 23-33.

Description
In plot and dominant ideas, PardT reflects the opposition between avarice and mercy common in the medieval vices-virtues tradition. The avaricious Pardoner lacks mercy, and the recurring notion of voluntary poverty in PardPT can be linked with mercy in works such as the preaching handbook "Fasciculus morum."

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale.